Vehicle wheel



- .1. SAMSON Feb 2 R926,

VEHICLE WHEEL Filed Jan. e, 1924 2 sheets-Sheet 2 'laiente'd Feb. 2, H326..

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JERONIMO SAMSON, F PASAY, RIZLL, PHILEEEENE EELANDS.

'VEHICLE WEEE?.

Application filed January 8, 1924. Serial No. 6%',647.

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Be it known that l, JERNIMO SArrsON, a citizen .of the Philippine Islands, residing* at Pasay, Rizal, Philippine Islands, have 1nvented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle l/Vheels, .of which the following isa specification. f y

fllhisinvention. relates to improvements 1n vehicle ywheel constructions.

The primary object orV this invention is the provision of a novel type of resilient wheel embodying a novel principle of supporting a hubportion from a tire.

A. further object of this invention is the provision ot' a relatively simple anddnrable type of Vehicle Wheel embodying a solid tire construction and a novelnieans of spring support for the saine with respeotto the hub out the wheel; A

@ther objects and advantages of this 1n- Vention 'will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description.

ln the accompanying drawings, forming 'a part oi this 'speciiicatiom and wherein sinnlarVA reference charactersl designate correspondingparts throughout the several views,

of "the iintalren through thefiinproved wheel substan-l tially on the line L-eof Figure l. n

Figure 5 is ga perspective View showing the connection of'cnc of the supporting springs to a hub bolt.

lu the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown but 'the preferred embodiment of the-improved vehicle wheel the letterlli may generally designate the tire portion tiereoi" B the hub portion thereof; and inedns for resiliently supporting the l'sib portion El from tire A.

.lhe tire of the vehicle 'wheel is preferably or' solid rubber or analogous resilient of. lie bolts .vnien'extend outwardly troniv the cramping nuts 36 are transversely aper- L material, and is in cross section.

The hub Bispreferably or' metal construction, and oi, any formation, by way of example including a body portion delin- :ing a. spindle receiving passageway ll therethrough, and an exterior screw threaded end l2 adapted to receive a hub cap 13 or the like. .At the inside end of the body l() an annular sprocket wheel l5 may be formed preferably elliptical shaped 50 integral therewith, or any other appropriate means provided. for a vehicle wheel which is either adapted for use as a traction wheel or as a steering wheel.

A circular metal band 25 of iiexible .metal is preferably embedded in the tire A 1nid- 65 way between the thickness thereof. This ring shaped band' 25 is of such cha 1acter that the saine may ller; with the flexing of the tire A, and is polygonal shaped in cross section, being niany tinies widerthan the 'I0 thickness thereof, with the width extending along` the major axis of the. tire cross section. Spring supporting bolts 26 are provided in embedded relation within the tire A, having the headsr Q7 thereoif resting on 75 the outer sideoi" the ring shape. rband 25 and extending radially through apertures vin said ring shaped band and through the tire A so that the screw threaded shank ends 28 thereof project radially inwardly of @D the inner periphery oi the tire A. The bolts 26 are preferably supported by the tire A and the band 25 in transverse series of threes in order to cooperate with thesupA port of the springs of the vehicle wheel. in l inner metal band of flexible character is supported in abutting relation with the inner periphery of the tire A, having suitable openings therethrough to receive the screw threaded shank ends of the bolts 2G there- 9 through, so that clamping nuts 35 may be adjusted over thev screw 'threaded ends or Shanks to clamp the band 35 in a proper seating relation a'itheeie bolts. Tl ends tured. f.

A central series or springs 3S are prefer the plone or the wheel; scid springs 38 nttheir outer ends being connected in the transverse openings in the screw 4threaded Shanks 28 oi' the middle bolts 26. The inner end of eoch spring 38 preferably hss bolt 42 so that the heed te of suidbolt engages outwardly of said convolution to maintain the spring under tension between the bolts 2G und 4.2. At one side of the seriesy of springs 38, diagonal springs d? are provided, end et the op oosite side of the spring 38 a second series of diagonally extending springs t8 urey provided, The springstv and 48 ut their outer ends ere connected tovthe transverse openings in the shank ends 28 of the outside bolts 26, and from thence extend in diverging relation for connection to the outside bolts 49 und 50 respectively which are connected to the hub B, and which engage the outside con volutions of the springs et? and 4S in the seine nninner as delilled by the bolts (t2.

From the foregoing description of this invention it is apparent that V.n resilient Wheel has been provided in Which the ports are verydnrnbly and effectively assembled to support the tire A; in n stnble yet resilient relation with respectto the hub B. The provision of the oppositely extending di sgonal series of springs i7 and t@ nets to keep the Wheel tire A from moving laterally with respect to the huh B, and eli of the springs, 38, 47, und i8 are under tension to resiliently support the hub structure B from the tire A. The tire A is relatively broad, and is durebly and eiiiciently connected to the springs in such n manner as to permit the proper iiexing of the tire Without interfering with the notion of the springsK Various changes in the shape, size, und arrangement of ports :muy be inode in the form of invention herein lshown und described, Without departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim: i `1. A resilient Wheel comprising e cushion tire ortion, a hub portion, n flexible instel bundp embedded in the tire portion, n series of springs connect-ing said bund to the hub portion with the axes of said springs patrol lel with the plone of thelwheel, und series of springs ut each sident seid rst rnentioned series of springs connecting the bond ot' scid tire to the hub portion, ssid last mentioned series of springs ut each side of the wheel being diagonally arranged in opposed reletion With respect to euch other and with respect to the plane of the Wheel, A resilient wheel comprising n solid rubber tire, o metal band flexible in charac ter embedded in the rubber tire, bolts can normes ried by seid inclini band extending radially inwardly thrmigh the tire und having exposed shunlr ends ut the inner periphery of seid tire, u hub portion, and spring means connecting the inwardly extending ends of seidloolts to the hub portion for resiliently `supportinp' the hub portion from the tire. o, convolution t0 thereon which receives therethrough the shank portion dl ci!n o' i resilient wheel comprising a. tire which lncludes s resilient rubber body portion, n inetul bond oi Horriblecharacter embedded in the body portion, n second'metal bund or' tienible character secured at the ins" ner periphery ci the tire, a hub portion, a.

central series ci? springs connecting the hub portion to the tire und dis osed substamtinily in. e plone parallel Wit the` plane of the Wheel, ond outside and inside series of springs connecting the hub portion to-the tire portion und extending in diverging relation between the tire portion andl'the hub portion.

fr resilient Wheel comprising o. rubber tire, n insta-l bund exible incharacter of much greater Width than the thickness thereof embedded in the tire, bolts having houd portions thereof enga in said metal bund und extending ra inl y inwardly through the tire having screw threaded shank ends extending inwardly of the inner periphery of the tire, n second motel band ot flexible character having' openin therein through which the screw thread ends of Suid bolts extend, nuts for adjustment 0n Ba'id screw threaded ends of said bolts to clamp seid second instal bend against the inner periphery or'suid tire, n hub body having redini securing elements outwardly' thereon, und central und side series of springs connected ut their inner elements of seid hub and at their opposite ends to the screw threaded Shanks nofthe bolts ci' the tire, seid side springs extending the ends to the securingV in c relative diverging relation betweenth'ev hub and tire portions of the vehicle Wheel.

5. lin s Vehicle Wheel the combination of n, hub, cushion tire, embedded peripheral riin oftiexiblemetal for the cushion tire, bolt ineens clamping said embedded ring end inner peripheral rim together so that the inner ends of the bolts extend radially inwardly toward scid hub, and s ring ineens. connecting said" hub and the lnher curing ot flexible metal in the cushion tlre, an inner' ends of said bolts tor resiliently supporting the cushion tire with respect to the hub.

6. lt resilient Wheel annuler tire portion, a, hub adapted for centrsl disposition with respect to said annular tire portion, and u lurulity of series of springs constituting t 1e solo ineens for connecting the annuler tire portion to the cencomprising a iiexible', i

trnlly disposed hub, seid plurality of series it springs including one series of springs, mth the springs thereof arranged so that the eres or the seme are `uit .plone parallel liso respect to the lso' the plane of the wheel, said pluralityvof series of springs furthermore meludinma t side series of springs at each side of said mentioned series of sprin s, said side seriesl mentioned series from the tire portion towards the hub, eachV spring of the serieslo springs which are disposed in a plane aralf 10 lel to the wheel having one spring o each of the sideseries 'of springs disposed in alignment therewith transversely of the wheel at right angles to the plane of the wheel.

JERNIMO SAMSON. 

